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Kaipara District Council’s recently approved new speed limits for the Mangawhai, Kaiwaka and Hakaru areas will take effect within the next few months.
Northland Transportation Alliance (NTA) project manager Pete Watts says once NTA approves the recommended speed limits, work will start on installing new signage on affected roads. Once this is nearly complete, Council will amend its Speed Limits Bylaw as the final step in the process.
The changes affect more than 60 roads across the region. Some of the changes include:
Baldrock, Black Swamp, Coal Hill, Cove, Devich, Garbolino, Kaiwaka-Mangawhai, Mangawhai, Tara, Tomarata and Oneriri which will drop from 100 km/h to 80 km/h.
*On some sections of these roads, the speed has been lowered below 80 km/h.
There have also been speed limit reductions made around schools and early childhood centres, with most moving to a 30 km/h speed limit during school hours.
The ongoing speed limit review is part of the Government’s Road to Zero National Road Safety Strategy, which will see a rolling review of speed limits on all local roads.
